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  "path": "/news/19042026/texas-inactive-oil-wells-headaches-for-landowners/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T09:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Fossil Fuels",
    "Justice & Health",
    "CORE Petro",
    "Environmental Justice",
    "groundwater",
    "idle oil wells",
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  "textContent": "Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. TOM GREEN COUNTY, Texas—Some Texas oil wells gush hundreds of barrels of oil a day. But many are like the wells on Jackie Chesnutt’s ranch in West Texas that only trickle out a couple barrels a month. Chesnutt, a retired […]",
  "title": "Low-Producing Oil Wells in Texas Cause Headaches for Landowners"
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